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| 1. | Failure to file motion to suppress does not waive Crosby reservation on that issue.
State v. Guillory, 06-K-2544 (La. 6/1/07) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 6 Defendant entered his guilty plea in the present case pursuant to State v. Crosby, 338 So.2d 584 (La. 1976), reserving his right to appeal o... view full summary |
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| 2. | Inspections do not render DOTD liable for dangerous bridge.
Hebert v. Rapides Parish Police Jury, 06-C-2001 (La. 4/11/07) [25 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 5 Plaintiffs the Heberts brought a wrongful death and survival action against the State through DOTD and the Rapides Parish Police Jury ("RPPJ... view full summary |
| 3. | Court of appeal erred in increasing damages.
Kaiser v. Hardin, 06-C-2092 (La. 4/11/07) [14 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 5 Plaintiffs Thurman and Rosemary Kaiser were involved in a total of three separate automobile accidents during the span of 4 weeks. On Decemb... view full summary |
| BAR / DISCIPLINARY / ETHICS
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| 4. | Attorney paid employee of opposing party for inside information; discipline imposed.
In re: Joseph M. Bruno, 06-B-2791 (La. 5/11/07) [12 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 5 In 1989, respondent was appointed one of eight members of the Plaintiffs' Legal Committee ("PLC") in the federal class action litigation... view full summary |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE
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| 5. | Case remanded to district court to allow party to plead unconstitutionality of a statute.
M.J. Farms v. Exxon Mobil, 07-CA-0450 (La. 4/27/07) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 5 Appellants the State of Louisiana and Exxon Mobil Corporation applied for a direct appeal pursuant to La. Const. art. V, S 5(D), on the grou... view full summary |
| STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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| 6. | Louisiana Public Service Commission rules construed.
Washington St. Tammany Elec. Coop. v. La. Pub. Service Comm'n, 06CA2814 c/w 07CA0109
[La. 4/11/07]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 5 This case is before the court on direct appeal from a district court judgment affirming a ruling by the Louisiana Public Service Commission ... view full summary |
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| 7. | District attorney properly recused.
State v. George King, 2006-KK-2383 (La. 4/27/07) [21 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 5 The State appeals an order recusing the district attorney. On October 6, 2003, James Robbins, the mayor of Jena, struck Gary Compton, a memb... view full summary |
| 8. | Capital conviction affirmed.
State v. Blank, 04-KA-0204 (La. 4/11/07) [66 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 5 Defendant appeals his capital conviction and sentence of death. The victim, 71-year-old Lillian Philippe, was found on the floor near her be... view full summary |
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| 9. | Louisiana Emergency Vehicle Statute construed.
Rabalais v. Nash, 2006-C-0999 (La. 3/9/07) [26 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 4 Plaintiff filed suit to recover damages for personal injuries he suffered when his vehicle was struck by a fire department pickup truck trav... view full summary |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE
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| 10. | Case remanded to district court to allow party to plead unconstitutionality of a statute.
M.J. Farms v. Exxon Mobil, 07-CA-0450 (La. 4/27/07) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 4 Appellants the State of Louisiana and Exxon Mobil Corporation applied for a direct appeal pursuant to La. Const. art. V, S 5(D), on the grou... view full summary |
| 11. | Withholding of defective product in discovery not "fraud or ill practice."
Wright v. Louisiana Power & Light, 06-C-1181 (La. 3/9/07) [28 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 4 Plaintiff's decedent was killed in a single-car accident in his 1982 Mercedes convertible in 1988. Plaintiff sold the 1982 Mercedes to a Ste... view full summary |
| 12. | Louisiana courts have in personam jurisdiction over director of foreign corporation.
Southeast Wireless Network v. U.S. Telemetry Corporation, 06-C-1736 (La. 4/11/07]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 4 Plaintiffs are Louisiana investors in defendant U.S. Telemetry Corporation ("USTC"). USTC had a plan to develop equipment to transfer data u... view full summary |